Love the sweet doggie!

Ooooh, I really like that multi-dot fabric for the Martha Washington chair! Unexpected and dare I say, a little flirty? I understand your misgivings about the solid navy velvet for the pair. That means it's not "the one" - so give it no more thought. It is so tempting to "Wild Chairy" the pair, but it gives me pause. Of all your chairs, I think the Martha Washington would be the best nominee for the treatment. My suggestion is to recover the channel back chair in the solid red first. We know the current fabric isn't right. Even though you've noted the upholstery on your other pieces is worn, at least we know they have the general colors that we want to see. The navy pair even has the small scale print. So, my feeling is that recovering the channel back will give us a good idea of how everything will play together - before we dive into reupholstering the other pieces, whose colors are really very similar to where we're headed. (I know that was a poorly constructed sentence and I hope you get my meaning.) With that said, should the solid red channel back work (which, I know it will), here's my annotated suggestion : And a collage:

The is the rug in my Living room which adjoins with dining room so they have to somewhat coordinate

Modernizing your living room (after taking down a lot of the small decor items, which date the room): --A highly patterned more graphic rug (doesn't have to be this one because I don't know if the texture is dog friendly, but this palette that goes well with wood floors, tan pieces, wood items: --Bolder art and no small pieces over fireplace: --More modern lamp on corner table--wood base echoes your other wood pieces but has more modern lines --Take down clock --Add modern basket of chunky wood logs on the hearth and remove all the small decor items there except for seasonal like pumpkins